WO2004072813A3 - System and method for managing and processing of telecommunications invoices - Google Patents

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WO2004072813A3
WO2004072813A3 PCT/US2004/003917 US2004003917W WO2004072813A3 WO 2004072813 A3 WO2004072813 A3 WO 2004072813A3 US 2004003917 W US2004003917 W US 2004003917W WO 2004072813 A3 WO2004072813 A3 WO 2004072813A3
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Abstract

A system and method for management (23) and processing a plurality of types of telecommunication invoices (20,21) at a user's site involving importing the plurality of types of telecommunication invoices (20,21) to provide comparable telecommunication invoices (20,21) and auditing the comparable telecommunication invoices (20,21) by performing an automated reasonability test (24) on the comparable telecommunication invoices (20,21). The system and method also provide a means for approving, processing and reporting on the comparable telecommunication invoices (20,21).
PCT/US2004/003917 2003-02-10 2004-02-10 sYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND PROCESSING OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVOICES WO2004072813A2 (en)

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